2023 Copyright Derivative Work 
Copyright Lately
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
A new crop of copyrighted works (including rights in a certain famous British detective) will enter the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2023. public domain on January 1, 2023. There’s no indication that Hulu’s decision was influenced by the copyright status of The Hardy Boys ’ titular characters.
Trademark and Copyright Law Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
In addition to the Oscar contenders, the majority of 2023’s highest grossing films , from Across the Spider-Verse to The Super Mario Bros Movie , were based on preexisting IP and adapted for the big screen. One aspect of copyright law that makes adaptations attractive is derivative works. How has this come to be?
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Technology & Marketing Law Blog
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
This is another preliminary ruling in the copyright battle over generative AI. Copyright law has the capacity to nix the entire generative AI category. Fortunately, Judge Chhabria easily rejects the copyright owners’ overclaims. This short opinion squarely addresses when AI training models constitute derivative works.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JANUARY 16, 2024
Image via Pixabay The two US class actions against Meta We have previously analysed US class actions against Open AI ( here ) and Google ( here ) for unauthorized use of copyright works in the training of generative AI tools, respectively ChatGPT, Google Bard and Gemini.
TorrentFreak
JANUARY 17, 2024
Acuff-Rose sued members of hip hop group 2 Live Crew, claiming that their track “Pretty Woman” infringed the label’s copyright in the Roy Orbison song, “Oh, Pretty Woman.” When he copied and then rebroadcast the news report, that was copyright infringement. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.
Copyright Lately
DECEMBER 24, 2023
Thousands will compete, many are objectively baseless, but only five can be crowned the worst of the worst copyright lawsuits of 2023. We’re nearing the end of December, which means it’s time for Copyright Lately ’s annual worst-of list. When Netflix refused to pay up, Cramer sued for copyright infringement.
43(B)log
JANUARY 27, 2023
2023 WL 416080, No. Steeplechase has a copyright for the book, “Piano Book for Adult Beginners: Teach Yourself How to Play Famous Piano Songs, Read Music, Theory & Technique” and registered trademark rights in STEEPLECHASE ARTS & PRODUCTIONS for, among other things, music instruction books, including for the Piano Book.
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